WBCS Mains Pre-Historic & Miscellaneous Questions 2022

Q. Karshapana was a type of

(A) Metal
(B) Paper
(C) Currency
(D) Race

Correct Answer: (C) Currency

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Q. Tamralipta was a

(A) River
(B) Canal
(C) Port
(D) Fort

Correct Answer: (C) Port

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Q. The book ‘Indika’ was written by

(A) Fa Hien
(B) Hiuen Tsang
(C) Megasthanes
(D) Asvaghosa

Correct Answer: (C) Megasthanes

WBCS Mains Pre-Historic & Miscellaneous Questions 2017

Q. D.D. Kosambi (1907-66) is a pioneer of

(A) Nationalist historiography
(B) Marxist historiography
(C) Subaltern historiography
(D) Imperialist historiography

Correct Answer: (B) Marxist historiography

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Q. In the long history of domestication of animals, according to Wenke which was the earliest animal to be domesticated?

(A) Goat
(B) Pig
(C) Horse
(D) Dog

Correct Answer: (D) Dog

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Q. Microliths are typical of

(A) Paleolithic Age
(B) Mesolithic Age
(C) Neolithic Age
(D) Chalcolithic Age

Correct Answer: (B) Mesolithic Age

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Q. The earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the subcontinent comes from

(A) Mehargarh
(B) Amri
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Dholavira

Correct Answer: (A) Mehargarh

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Q. The earliest known stone tools in the Indian subcontinent have been discovered from

(A) Potwar plateau in Pakistan
(B) Hungsi Valley (Karnataka)
(C) Didwana (Rajasthan)
(D) Bhimbetka (M.P.)

Correct Answer: (A) Potwar plateau in Pakistan

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Q. The oldest deciphered script of the Indian subcontinent is

(A) Brahmi
(B) Harappan
(C) Prakrit
(D) Devanagari

Correct Answer: (A) Brahmi

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Q. Which of the following periods was considered by Gordon Childe as a period of “revolution”?

(A) Palaeolithic
(B) Mesolithic
(C) Neolithic
(D) Harappan

Correct Answer: (C) Neolithic

WBCS Mains Pre-Historic & Miscellaneous Questions 2016

Q. The earliest use of the term ‘Hindustan’ appears in which inscription of Sasanid ruler Shahpur I?

(A) Naqsh-i-Rustom
(B) Persepolis
(C) Behistun
(D) Hamadan

Correct Answer: (A) Naqsh-i-Rustom

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Q. The history of ancient Indian trade rightly begins from the ______ period.

(A) Harappan
(B) Later Vedic
(C) Maurya
(D) Kushana

Correct Answer: (A) Harappan

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Q. Which of the following is/are the well-known ancient geographical epithets of India?

(A) Saptadvipa
(B) Bharatvarsha
(C) Jambudvipa
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Correct Answer: (D) Both (A) and (B)

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Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Diodorus Siculus—Bibliotheca Historica
(B) Strabo—Geography
(C) Arrian—Indica
(D) Claudius Aelianus—Naturalis Historica

Correct Answer: (D) Claudius Aelianus—Naturalis Historica

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Q. Who tells us that ‘India’ (i.e. Indus Valley) was the 20th and most prosperous satrapy (province) of the Persian empire?

(A) Herodotus
(B) Megasthenese
(C) Fa Hien
(D) Yijing

Correct Answer: (A) Herodotus

WBCS Mains Pre-Historic & Miscellaneous Questions 2015

Q. ‘House burials’ are reported from:

(A) Gufral in Kashmir
(B) Ghaligal in the northeast
(C) Uleri in Almora
(D) Balathal in Rajasthan

Correct Answer: (D) Balathal in Rajasthan

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Q. Where do we find the three phases, viz. Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures in sequence?

(A) Belan valley
(B) Krishna Valley
(C) Godavari Valley
(D) Kashmir Valley

Correct Answer: (A) Belan valley

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Q. Which of the following is not a principal tool of the Early Stone Age?

(A) Scrapper
(B) Handaxe
(C) Cleaver
(D) Chopper

Correct Answer: (A) Scrapper

WBCS Mains Pre-Historic & Miscellaneous Questions 2014

Q. At which of the following places has the largest belt of painted rock shelter of pre-historic period been found?

(A) Bhaja
(B) Bhimbetka
(C) Bagor
(D) Ajanta

Correct Answer: (B) Bhimbetka

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Q. Official stamping of weights and measures and their periodical inspection are prescribed by

(A) Manu
(B) Narada
(C) Brihaspati
(D) Parasara

Correct Answer: (B) Narada

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Q. The name of our motherland ‘Bharata’ was first mentioned in

(A) Vishnu Purana
(B) Vayu Purana
(C) Markendaya Purana
(D) Matsya Purana

Correct Answer: (A) Vishnu Purana